Projectile.



R. A. TUTE.

PROJEGTILE.

APPLmATlaN FILED AUG. 22, 1911.

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` pin is ci'irried by the plunger section. Fig. Q is u Yeectionatl Aplaced the inner coller op wir ...i .if vw e ,etree ROJECTILE.

j flpplication led August 22, 19M.

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Be. it known that l. lloran-RT ALEXANDER Torun subject. of the King or (iront YBrit-- nin. residing nt Atlanta," in the cminty of Fulton :ind State of Georgie, have invented Certain new :ind useful ln'lprovelnentsin Projectiles1 of which the 'followingis a speciicatioomreference being-had therein to the accompanying draiviiig.

This invention relates to project-iles for use against troops, Ships, and air shine and adopted to outonniticully exploded.- Tlie. invention consists of certain novel constructions: combinations and arrange; ment of parte as Will be hereinafter :fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is u :side elevation of the projectile being partly shown in View ot the upper end ot' the projectile. Fir. 3 is n fragmentary slide elerfition of :i ioodilied form .of tbe projectile usedi in connection with the present device. Fig. '-l is o sectional View showing the action ot the projectile upon o n'ietnl` palate niter the projec-l tile has entered the pluie sind then exploded.

In Fig. l1. .lh-Live disclosed n 'forni oi' projectile which is provided with a reduced portion 34 intermediate its ends to limit-tbe Contact portion of tbe prouiectile which will engage the inner bore ot' the. gun. The' usual copper bands or bourrelet bands are carried by the projectile for assisting the Sonie in the .rotation thereof within the gun. ,ilie forward end ,of the, bodyY of the projectile is provided with a pocket 35 into which is I 36 of. the head 37'. The band or bourrelet 38 is integrally'connected tothe head 37 and tits Within thc reduced portion 8941119011 the outside of the body ol' the projectile. The pocket formed betu'een.ilie inner welle opt the collar 35 is lled with dynamite ornny other suitable explosive material 0. l cop 4l iscarried by the inner. end citt-'ne lie-ad BY und is discharged by means of the tiring @m42-Which ,5l disk t4 end ol' the plunger Within ttie cylinder portie i iide the tiring pin 4-2 it: moveis carried by the lower llgni'oi Si? 2.15, i

ment. lie Contact oep (3 ein t lieti by the coil outer end the plunger 43, and n Spring #linie interpfised between end of the heed 3, and the een #lo Copies of this 'patent may ne obtained for five cents Washing? Specification of Letters Patent. l gteigteilCl-J, 2%;1912.

Serial No. 45,452.

molly lioldingtlie tiring pin 4t2 out of engagement with the cop ll. i

lironi the foregoing description, it will be I oln'ious'that soon as the projectile strikes i en object, the Contact cap 46 will be de` Ypressed thereby tiring' the cop 41 and discharging the explosive materiale@ This structure, just described, is especially adopt-.dile in use Withying niocliines and devices of like nature, whereby the material out of which the saine islconstructed does not have any appreciable resistance. A

ln Fig. 3 l have disclosed@ modified form ot' the projectile which may be used inconA nection with the present invention, the body otwhich isprovided with :i reduced portion The projectile is :lso provided with the usual copper bond ll? as previously described in connection with the etruct'ure disclosed in Fig. this method o Inucli more effective*explosion will be produced suoli :is that illustrated in l of the flooring'. lfiie body portion ot the projectile ne illustrated in Fig. l preferably termen of wood, Whereas the body portion or the projectile as Shown iny Fig. is toi-ined ott steel since the latter projectile nlnet, of necessity, be constructed of une tei-inl of very high resistance. t

Having thus described my inventioinwhat l claim l Re projectile-of the class described co1nprising a body, seid body being'-provided with o. reduced portion intermediate -its thereof', o, head carried by said body being:

.provided with n reiirvz rdly extending collar, :t socket` carried by the toru'ord end of sind body, and being adopted to receivesaid collar, an auxiliary n"collar carried by said bend and iitting upon the outside of .SuidV body explosive material positioned between ends, and extending nearly the ont-irc length the inner Walls of said collar and in said y,

socket formed in the outer end of said body, and Yineens for' autonmt-icsiily discharging seid, explosive materiel es @soon :is Said head comes; in Contact with an object.

ln testimony wliereoiI l b lreunto nitix my nniure'in presence of tiro witnesses.

.tennis one TUTE.

Lener of Patents, 

